Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 85, Shloka 19
भरत-गुहसंवादः
Bharata and Guha: Trust, Hospitality, and the Burden of Grief
ध्याननिर्धरशैलेन विनिश्श्वसितधातुना।दैन्यपादपसंघेन शोकायासाधिशृङ्गिणा।।2.85.19।।प्रमोहानन्तसत्त्वेन सन्तापौषधिवेणुना।आक्रान्तो दुःखशैलेन महता कैकयीसुतः।।2.85.20।।
dhyānanirdharaśailena viniśśvasitadhātunā |
dainyapādapasaṅghena śokāyāsādhiśṛṅgiṇā ||2.85.19||
pramohānantasattvena santāpauṣadhiveṇunā |
ākrānto duḥkhaśailena mahatā kaikayīsutaḥ ||2.85.20||
カイケーイーの子バラタは、巨大な憂いの山に圧し潰された。絶えぬ岩は沈思の思い、鉱脈は重い吐息、樹々の叢は落胆、そびえる峰は悲嘆と疲労。無数の生きものは昏迷であり、竹林と薬草は燃える苦悩であった。
O dear friend of my elder brother, your desire to extend hospitality to this large army all alone is indeed noble.
FAQs
The verse illustrates how devotion to dharma can produce profound inner turmoil when one is linked to adharma (Kaikeyī’s actions); Bharata suffers because he cannot accept unrighteous gain.
As night deepens, the narration turns inward to Bharata’s state: he is mentally overrun by grief, described through an elaborate mountain-metaphor.
Moral sensitivity and remorse without guilt: though not the doer of wrong, Bharata feels crushed by the consequences and seeks to restore truth and right order.